Class 2A Softball: Bullets take on Turks today in supersectional

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May 28, 2012 at 12:01 AMMay 28, 2012 at 11:00 AM

Williamsville High School is in the state softball Elite Eight for the first time since 2005. But unlike their last elite season, when the Bullets were runners-up to Taylor Ridge Rockridge in the old two-class format, they need one more victory to reach the ultimate destination: Eastside Centre in East Peoria.

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Williamsville High School is in the state softball Elite Eight for the first time since 2005. But unlike their last elite season, when the Bullets were runners-up to Taylor Ridge Rockridge in the old two-class format, they need one more victory to reach the ultimate destination: Eastside Centre in East Peoria.

Coach Jane Grebner’s team hopes to do that at 11 a.m. today when Williamsville (35-3) meets Tremont (31-5) in the Class 2A Athens Supersectional at the Athens Athletic Complex.

Today’s winner advances to a state semifinal game at 5 p.m. Friday at Eastside Centre. The opponent will be the winner of today’s DeKalb Supersectional between Lisle (30-3) and Sherrard (29-5).

Williamsville, located a few miles east of Athens, will have a quick trip compared to Tremont. The home of the Turks is near Pekin in Tazewell County.

The Bullets today will be playing on the same field where their season ended last year, when they fell to Alton Marquette 3-2 in 13 innings in a sectional semifinal game.

Williamsville reached the supersectional thanks to a 10-3 victory over previously unbeaten Maroa-Forsyth in the Shelbyville Sectional championship on Saturday. The Bullets’ Torey Sorensen belted two home runs, giving her 13 for the season, while junior pitcher Hayley Long (29-2) struck out nine, walked four and allowed six hits.

Tremont also used the long ball in its 2-0 victory over Stanford Olympia in Saturday’s Havana Sectional title game. The Turks got a one-hitter from freshman pitcher Jaycee Craver (six strikeouts and two walks), but it took a two-run homer from junior catcher Briley Spencer in the sixth inning for the Turks to get a lead on the Spartans.

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